I Kill Giants

I highly, highly recommend this. The story is about a little girl who is dealing with some serious emotional upheaval (which we slowly piece together the cause of), and her coping strategy is inventing a fantasy world around her -- she sees herself as the protector of the town from "giants", and develops complex rituals and roleplays that weave through her whole life to keep her safe from the thing she fears. It is a deeply moving book about childhood mourning and mental health. It has won a bunch of awards, for a reason. Plus there is a SPECTACULAR movie adaptation available on Amazon Prime. IMO the best book-to-movie-adaptation I've ever seen. --Brenna